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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Capital punishment is issued to those who commit atrocities like murder, genocide, treason, and terrorism, not for weed related crimes. I'm thinking people like Albert Fish, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are many cases of people being sentenced to death wrongfully. For that reason the punishment shouldn't exist.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/sentenced-to-death-but-innocent-these-are-stories-of-justice-gone-wrong

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Can't open the article, but I agree, the punishment shouldn't exist -- except for those like the people I listed previously. I figure they might as well be put to some good use. People such as Carlos DeLuna and Cameron Todd Willingham should not be counted among the likes of Ted Bundy, and should not have been executed.